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When I was stationed at Clark Air Base in 1975 & 76 I drove up to Ilocos Norte (Northern Luzon, Republic of the Philippines) and captured this priceless photo of sugar cane trucks waiting to unload at a processing plant. If you wondered what happened to all the trucks after the war, here they are.

Really nice Jeep here. I took Faye's picture sitting in it on Saturday 27 April 2013.

Spent the better part of the day swapping landing gears between one of my M105A2 trailers and one of my M149A2 trailers. I actually bought the M105A2 specifically for the landing gear which allows me to lower the lunette down to hook up to my CUCV (M1008A1). Also flipped the lunette on the...

Seems to start a lot quicker now after sitting for several days. I had to install it where I could get to it for maintenance because I have problems with positional vertigo now. This also makes changing the fuel filter a breeze too. I turn the pump off once the IP is primed and ready. This...

What a day! Lavarok and I assisted in the recovery of a fellow member's winch truck from a local drainage canal which proved to be anything but simple. I'll post a link to Part 2 of the three videos that I made during the process of getting the truck topside again. I think we should have...

I just came across a power supply that I have had in storage for years and decided to wire it up to see if it works. I got this back when I was assigned to the USAF Hospital Homestead, Homestead AFB Florida back in the early 80's At the time they were renovating the biomedical laboratory and...

I have been storing an old PTO for years and would like to know that it fits. If anyone recognizes it please enlighten me as to what this will work on. It is missing the gear and shaft that connects with the transmission or transfer case gear.

Just finished installing an interior light in my truck but still have to run power to the thing to complete the job - it does work though (I tested it after the installation). I used "Quick Thread" inserts for a place to run the screws (threaded rivet inserts). Can't wait until it gets dark...

Just added a finishing touch to one of my four patient litters that I recently acquired locally for $20.00 each. The litter stands were purchased from another Steel Soldiers member (Dirtyfingernails) - altogether I bought three sets from him for $25.00 each plus shipping from Gainesville...

Thanks to "Big CASE" I now have a great replacement seat for my CUCV. Although the seat cover is not original it looks pretty nice in my truck and matches the dashboard pretty well. This seat came out of another M1008 and was covered with an aftermarket seat cover which is much easier to clean...

What a job! I managed to change out both plugs without removing the intake manifold but it took a lot of patience and the right tools to pull it off. Once I freed the plugs I worked them in and out while shooting PB Blaster on the threads. The way I got the left-hand plug out was through the...

Just got back from Eglin with my 1744 pound crate with the tent inside. I'll post photos of the crate which Faye says looks like the box out of "Creep Show". I was really happy when I saw the box was "intact" with the original banding still in place. Somebody got the one that they had to open...

This is my beautiful cousin Lynne Spotts visiting from Palm Springs Florida. Her first time in a military vehicle. I did a real short video of Lynne just before taking her for a ride around the block. Her son and daughter enjoyed their ride as well - also their first experience in a military...

Lavarok's newest addition to his motor pool now has troop seats. He was fortunate that I had three sets so parting with one was not too bad.

A Ford and a Chevy were mudbound in a Melbourne Florida swamp area and I managed to get them out with my trusty old 1968 Kaiser Jeep M35A2C with winch. I'll post a link to the video in this thread so you can see the Chevy coming out of the water.

Mike Hatfield of "MD Carriers, Inc., based in Ringgold Georgia delivers two more superb M35A2Cs to Lavarok's Motor Pool in Palm Bay Florida. This is the second time Mike Hatfield has delivered deuces to this location and each time he has been on time with no damage to any of the trucks. His...

While we were up in Powder Springs Georgia looking over an M1010 that was for sale we came across this interesting WWII relic that I could not find a categorie for in the forum. The pictures tell part of the story. According to the person who owns this thing, it had a 400 Chevy transplant and...

Just got back from a very long retrieval in Georgia with Lavarok and the deuce we picked up turned out to be the "tow vehicle" during our trip back to Florida. I'll let Lavarok tell the story! Just one of the photos for now. Thank God for the medium towbar and a great running deuce too!

Ever since I have owned my deuce I have been afraid to mess with my spare tire carrier. I have heard some safety concerns about improper lowering techniques and the possibility of serious injury of doing the job wrong. After considerable thought I decided to fabricate a crude tool that would...

Almost drove off with a passenger that I never knew I had - basically a "stowaway". This one must have a hearing problem or else he is used to being around my vehicles and the sound of the running motor does not phase him at all. I am always aware that one or more of my cats might be under my...